Each year, tens of thousands of pregnant women travel to the United States just to give birth. It’s what’s called Birth ...

The 14th Amendment has long been understood to grant American citizenship to anyone born on U.S. soil.

The simple answer is no. It's a position that has been backed up by several federal district courts.

A great deal has happened on the subject of birthright citizenship under President Trump, including an Executive Order ...

A federal appeals court said Wednesday that President Trump's executive order curtailing birthright citizenship is ...

After months of avoiding details about a divisive plan to end birthright citizenship, President Donald Trump’s administration ...

A federal appeals court has ruled that President Donald Trump’s order seeking to end birthright citizenship is ...

Thirty years later, the Court held in United States v. Wong Kim Ark that the clause means just what it says: Anyone born in America is a citizen of America.

It granted full citizenship to formerly enslaved people and their children, and ensured everyone born in the United States could claim citizenship regardless of race; legal rulings eventually ...